Definition of "ladder-back" [ladder-back]

• A chair back consisting of two upright posts connected by horizontal slats. (noun)
• A chair with such a back. (noun)

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• "She slung her bag onto one of the antique ladder-back chairs and collapsed at the table."
• "In the middle of it all was a long picnic-style table surrounded by an eclectic arrangement of ladder-back chairs, barstools, and ottomans."
• "Men and women lounged everywhere, on everything: faded sprigged sofas and peeling painted chaise longues, spindly ladder-back chairs, stained window-seats, even on the rough plank trestle tables themselves."